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Photograph by G. A. McNicholl

DOUKHOBORS AT WORK ALONG THE LINE OF THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC
RAILWAY, IN QU’APPELLE VALLEY

is a well known.
fact that the an-
nual mean temper-
ature up there is
about the same as
that of. Detroit,
eooler in summer
and winter, but I
have been fortun-
ate enough to se-
cure a comparative
statement of the
weather conditions,
covering a period
of eight months,
November, 1906, to
June, 1907, inclusive, which will
make interesting reading. At Prince
Rupert the record of the weather for
the period referred to was kept by
Mr. P. W. Anderson, of the new town,
and the report of weather conditions
at Vancouver for the same period is
from the Meteorological Service of

Canada, Department of Marine and
Fisheries.

To those who are not in the habit
of taking into consideration the effect

of the Japan current, which washes
396

FIRST CUTTING AT PRINCE

up the North Pa-

cific coast, this
comparative  state-
ment will be a

creat surprise, but
those who are ac-
quainted with the
West are aware
that the isothermal
line trends north
as we go west, and
finally loops down
by the MacKenzie
river to the Great
Slave lake and be-
yond. The follow-
ing is the number of fine, fair, cloudy
and rainy days at Vancouver:

Fine Fair Cloudy Rainy

RUPERT,
ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO

INO Vice 0G: Pes 255 3 5) ay
Deans Owes. a8 2 4 ae
Jamie sO Geese 510 3 5) 13
jhe) oe 0 eb end reo ©, 7 ie 14
INES ee OW Ciena ee 3 3 16
Uy orate et OY (appa eeiie os » 2 dat:
WeanastO (aces eS 2 8 6
Un ere we 9 4 8 9
Total No. days 62. 29 49 469
Record for the same time at